
I give this movie a 5 out of 5. I have this movie in my own personal collection and I absolutely adore it, if you can adore a movie about the living dead chasing you around and trying to eat your face off, lol. Normally, when you think zombies, you think, slow, dumb, ambling creatures, but not in this film. The zombies seem intelligent and they are certainly not taking their time trying to take a bite out of you. Although this doesn't sound like a comedy, in actuality, it is. It has very funny and witty dialogue and, in my opinion, the perfect cast. Everyone gives an awesome performance and the balance between action and comedy is genius. I usually watch this movie around this time of the year and until I do, my October just doesn't feel complete. The movie starts off with us meeting a college student, "Columbus" (Jesse Eisenberg). He is being chased around the parking lot of a gas station by zombies after stopping in to fill up his car. While being chased, he explains how the zombie apocalypse all began. He explains, it started with a mutated strain of the mad cow disease, that became "mad zombie disease", which took over the United States in only two months, turning almost every American into vicious, flesh-eating zombies. He continues to explain that he has always been a bit of a nerd and a loner but this fact, in itself, is what has contributed to him surviving as long as he has. Along with that fact, he has a specific set of rules that he goes by since the outbreak began. He has a fairly extensive list but only a few are mentioned in the movie. Here are the few that I can remember...
-Candie Bradfield
- "Cardio"
- "Double Tap"
- "Beware of bathrooms"
- "Seatbelts"
- "Travel light"
- "Don't be a hero"; Columbus later changes the rule to "Be a hero" at the amusement park, after facing his greatest fear
- "Limber up"
- "When in doubt, know your way out"
- "Check the back seat"
- "Enjoy the little things"
-Candie Bradfield